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Cloud computing appears to be paying off in a big way for JSE-listed IT group Business Connexion (BCX), whose two new data centres in Midrand are attracting growing interest from corporate SA. Now, as demand

If you think 2010 disappeared in a flash, you’re not the only one. It’s been a tumultuous and fast-paced year in local IT and telecommunications, especially in politics. Communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda was axed, replaced

As has become customary at this time of the year, it’s time for TechCentral to name its newsmakers of the year. Last year, we published the top 10 SA newsmakers of the year. This year, we’re adding an international

It has been a year of falling bandwidth prices in SA. Though it took a little time before it happened, the arrival of the Seacom undersea cable jumpstarted a downward spiral in broadband prices. With access to lower international bandwidth

Telkom has been plunged into crisis following the release of damaging dossiers that accuse top management of poor decision-making and even corrupt and irregular dealings

Telkom has been thrown into crisis by allegations of widespread corruption at the fixed-line operator’s most senior levels that have been sent to cabinet ministers and parliament as well as state and industry watchdog bodies

Neotel and Vodacom have called on their regulator, the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa), to scrap the universal service obligations they agreed to when they were licensed. Instead, they want

A short distance off the highway between Johannesburg and Pretoria, not far from the Samrand offramp north of Midrand, is a large but otherwise nondescript building. To the casual observer

Unbundling the local loop is the last step to making SA’s telecommunications landscape fully competitive, says Neotel chief technology officer Angus Hay. Hay tells TechCentral that allowing other operators

Arms-deal middleman Fana Hlongwane financed a R4m home for Siphiwe Nyanda, the president’s new parliamentary counsellor, when Nyanda prepared to step down as defence force chief five years ago